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	Peter Lamborn Wilson class, Utopian poetics, part 1, July, 1993. - Wilson, Peter Lamborn First half of part 1, of a two-part class, by Peter Lamborn Wilson on utopian poetics. Wilson contrasts the authoritarian utopian tradition, from Plato to urban planning, with the anti- or non-authoritarian utopian tradition, beginning in paleolithic hunter-gatherer societies. A discussion of paleolithic and neolithic societies follows, including the role of linear time, cruelty, and calendars. Wilson then discusses the artist in her/his shamanic role, surviving as the role of the bard in Irish ... Downloads: 482
	Peter Lamborn Wilson class, Utopian poetics, part 2, July, 1993. - Wilson, Peter Lamborn Second half of part 2, of a two-part class, by Peter Lamborn Wilson on utopian poetics. After discussing postmodernism and irony, a student reads an assignment--sparking a discussion of pornography, the commodification of sexuality, and the relative merits of censorship and book-burning. (Continued from 93P069) Downloads: 331
	Peter Lamborn Wilson lecture, Chaos, eros, earth, and old night: radical neo-hermeticism and ecological resistance, July, 1992. - Wilson, Peter Lamborn Peter Lamborn Wilson reads an essay-in-progress, "Chaos, eros, earth, and old night: radical neo-hermeticism and ecological resistance." Wilson discusses a quote from Nietzsche on the necessity of illusion to replace God and purpose. He then outlines Renaissance hermeticism and its role in the struggle for paradigm hegemony in the Renaissance and Early Modern period, including the effects on Isaac Newton... Downloads: 976
	Peter Lamborn Wilson lecture, The temporary autonomous zone or the pleasures of disappearance, July, 1990. - Wilson, Peter Lamborn Second half of Peter Lamborn Wilson's lecture on the temporary autonomous zone, or the pleasures of disappearance. Wilson looks at the ways in which individuals and groups have created alternatives or found refuges from dominant repressive social realities. He also examines how artists and writers have achieved temporary autonomous zones in terms of creativity, linguistics, and thought processes. Wilson concludes by proposing strategies for consciously creating temporary autonomous zones as a st... Downloads: 779 (2 reviews)
	Peter Lamborn Wilson class, Utopian poetics, part 2, July, 1993. - Wilson, Peter Lamborn First half of part 2, of a two-part class, by Peter Lamborn Wilson on utopian poetics. Students read assigned utopian poetic statements and discuss with Wilson points that arose in those statements. Topics covered include science fiction, scientific paradigms, and the notion of progress; Nietzsche's ubermensch and society of free spirits; Bardism vs. much of contemporary American poetry; cooptation of creativity into the spectacle and how to evade it; normative education in America; and the impo... Downloads: 339
	Peter Lamborn Wilson class, Utopian poetics, part 1, July, 1993. - Wilson, Peter Lamborn Second half of part 1, of a two-part class, by Peter Lamborn Wilson on utopian poetics. Wilson discusses "imaginal quanta," education, the role of the poet in utopia, the unity of the fulfillment of individual and group, the role of apocalypse in Western thought, and the role of abstract thought in the human transformation from foraging to agriculture.(Continued from 93P066) Downloads: 529
	Peter Lamborn Wilson lecture, The temporary autonomous zone or the pleasures of disappearance, July, 1990. - Wilson, Peter Lamborn First half of a Peter Lamborn Wilson (aka Hakim Bey) lecture on the temporary autonomous zone, or the pleasures of disappearance. Wilson looks at the ways in which individuals and groups have created alternatives or found refuges from dominant repressive social realities. He gives examples of groups who created islands of autonomy in repressive cultures, such as pirates and colonists who joined the colonized... Downloads: 1,770 (3 reviews)
	Peter Lamborn Wilson lecture, Sacred drift: the art of Sufi travel, July, 1991. - Wilson, Peter Lamborn First half of a Peter Lamborn Wilson lecture about the art of Sufi traveling. He focuses on travel in the world of Islam, discussing the history of nomadic travel and tradition. He relates several anecdotes about Ibn Arabi and recites a Sufi traveling song. (Continues on 91P150) Downloads: 1,111
	Peter Lamborn Wilson lecture, Sacred drift: the art of Sufi travel, July, 1991. - Wilson, Peter Lamborn Second half of a Peter Lamborn Wilson lecture about the art of Sufi traveling. He continues his discussion on nomads followed by a brief talk about the travels of French poet Arthur Rimbaud. He ends the lecture discussing the future of travel. (Continued from 91P149) Downloads: 1,524
	Peter Lamborn Wilson class. - Wilson, Peter Lamborn A class by Peter Lamborn Wilson including discussion on Hermetic linguistics, Nietzsche's anti-linguistics, The Will to Power, duality, mysticism, John Zerzan's "Elements of Refusal", modernism, avant garde, 17th century poetry, Arthur Rimbaud, Sufi ethnology and linguistics, poet vs. shamans, Plato's cave, and archetypes. Downloads: 3,489
	Peter Lamborn Wilson lecture, June, 1999. - Wilson, Peter Lamborn First half of a lecture by Peter Lamborn Wilson. Wilson plays a few music CDs followed followed by a discussion of William S. Burroughs's book The Western Lands, Marco Polo, Caliph of Cairo, Mongol raids, Arthur Rimbaud and other topics. (Continues on 99P052) Keywords: none Downloads: 2,602 (1 review)
	Peter Lamborn Wilson lecture, Woman in the wilderness, July, 1993. - Wilson, Peter Lamborn A Peter Lamborn Wilson lecture on utopian communities in America, including a 17th century community of mystics founded by Johannes Kelpius and known as The Society of the Woman in the Wilderness. Wilson divides communities into two types: platonic (based on an authoritarian, usually Christian, ideology) and anti-platonic (based on autonomy and equality). He evaluates communities according to how they perceive nature and wilderness, putting his discussion in the context of the differences in out... Downloads: 1,744 (1 review)
	Peter Lamborn Wilson lecture, June, 1999. - Wilson, Peter Lamborn Second half of a lecture by Peter Lamborn Wilson. This portion of the lecture is a question and answer session discussing topics such as cannabis culture, Native Americans and peyote use, and the Palestinian Liberation Front. (Continued from 99P053) Downloads: 2,725 (1 review)
	Peter Lamborn Wilson class on hermetic linguistics, July, 1989. - Wilson, Peter Lamborn Second half of a Peter Lamborn Wilson lecture on hermetic linguistics. Wilson discusses schools of thinking based on a mistrust of words, including Nietzsche's anti-linguistics, The Will to Power, and John Zerzan's Elements of Refusal. He looks at modernist and avant-garde poetry as an assault on language. Wilson also discusses mystical approaches to language, including the map of the cosmos with God-letters at the center, the function of the imagination, the ability of words to shatter concepts... Downloads: 1,950 (1 review)
	Peter Lamborn Wilson lecture, Plowing the clouds, July, 1994. - Wilson, Peter Lamborn A Peter Lamborn Wilson lecture on the role of the poet in interpreting archaeology, anthropology, and human pre-history. He encourages poets to get involved in learning about these fields and taking on the task of interpreting the evidence, since scientists are reluctant to draw conclusions about the past. Wilson believes that we should move beyond interdisciplinary studies to what he calls "anti-categorization." During the course of the lecture he outlines some of his own ideas about the origin... Downloads: 2,517 (3 reviews)
	Peter Lamborn Wilson and Lawrence Ferlinghetti reading, March, 1998. - Ferlinghetti, Lawrence; Taylor, Steven; Wilson, Peter Lamborn A Peter Lamborn Wilson and Lawrence Ferlinghetti reading with Wilson discussing Harry Smith in a talk he calls, "Praying in darkness." Wilson also discusses Chinese shamanism. Ferlinghetti reads with musical accompaniment by Steven Taylor. They perform "The greedy blues" and "The breeding blues," followed by a series of poems. The reading ends with "Are there not still fireflies" and "Rivers of light." Downloads: 2,173 (1 review)
	Andrew Schelling, Peter Lamborn Wilson, Peter Warshall, and Joanne Kyger panel, Dharma and eco-poetics, June, 1996. - Kyger, Joanne; Schelling, Andrew; Warshall, Peter; Wilson, Peter Lamborn First half of a panel on Dharma and eco-poetics, chaired by Andrew Schelling at Naropa's Summer Writing program, with Joanne Kyger, Peter Lamborn Wilson, and Peter Warshall. Schelling asks the panel to look at strategies for writers interested in environmental issues. Wilson and Warshall talk about the politics of environmentalism. Kyger points out that ecology begins at home with a "Zen awareness" of the household... Downloads: 305
	Andrew Schelling, Peter Lamborn Wilson, Peter Warshall, and Joanne Kyger panel, Dharma and eco-poetics, June, 1996. - Kyger, Joanne; Schelling, Andrew; Warshall, Peter; Wilson, Peter Lamborn Second half of a panel on Dharma and eco-poetics, chaired by Andrew Schelling at Naropa's Summer Writing program, with Joanne Kyger, Peter Lamborn Wilson, and Peter Warshall. Schelling asks the panel to look at strategies for writers interested in environmental issues. Wilson and Warshall talk about the politics of environmentalism. Kyger points out that ecology begins at home with a "Zen awareness" of the household... Downloads: 126
	Rikki Ducornet, Elaine Equi, Peter Lamborn Wilson, and Anne Waldman reading, July, 1999. - Ducornet, Rikki; Equi, Elaine; Waldman, Anne; Wilson, Peter Lamborn First half of a Naropa Summer Writing Program faculty reading with Peter Lamborn Wilson, Elaine Equi, Rikki Ducornet, and Anne Waldman, who is accompanied by Claude Brown and Steven Taylor. Peter Lamborn Wilson reads from his book Avant Gardening: Ecological Struggles in the City and the World. Elaine Equi reads her poetry, including "Letter of recommendation," "Pink shutters," and several others. Rikki Ducornet reads a piece about the Marquis De Sade... Downloads: 245
	Ken Mikolowski, Steven Taylor and Peter Lamborn Wilson reading, July, 1995. - Collom, Jack; Mikolowski, Ken; Taylor, Steven; Wilson, Peter Lamborn A reading by Ken Mikolowski, Steven Taylor, and Peter Lamborn Wilson with introductions by Jack Collum. Mikolowski reads several short poems. Taylor performs works including "Blow away ye northern wind", "Photographs", and "Histories." Wilson ends with a reading from "The Architectionality of psychogeographicism or the hieroglyphics of driftwork," an excerpt from the book The Assasins, and two selections of commentary by others. Downloads: 422
	Faculty reading part 2 Ortiz July 2001 - Alexander, Charles; Ortiz, Simon; Waldman, Anne; Wilson, Peter Lamborn This tape contains the end of the final poem read by Simon Ortiz on Tape 01P071. This is part 2 of 2. Downloads: 51
	Panel on counter-poetics and opposition, July, 1992. - Baraka, Amiri; Ginsberg, Allen; Kyger, Joanne; Waldman, Anne; Wilson, Peter Lamborn First half of a panel on counter-poetics and opposition with Anne Waldman, Joanne Kyger, Amiri Baraka, Allen Ginsberg, and Peter Lamborn Wilson. Waldman begins by reading an excerpt from Columbus's journal describing how easy it will be to exploit the people of the Americas. She proposes a program for incorporating political activism into poetics. The panelists make individual statements about counter-poetics and move to more open discussion... Downloads: 541 (1 review)